Using Voicethread to Create Digital Portfolios

Voicethread is an ideal tool for creating digital portfolios. It allows both teachers and students to add samples of student work to a repository. Students can then begin the process of reflecting upon their work and identifying areas of strength and opportunities for growth. Teachers (and parents/guardians) may also give feedback to students in a variety of formats.

One advantage of using Voicethread is that it will accept so many different file formats, so that students are not limited to adding just paper documents (i.e. writing samples) to their portfolios. Students can take pictures of their artwork, upload videos of their science projects or scan in their solutions to math problems.

Students can return to their portfolio at any time to reflect on their growth and set goals. They can then form the basis for student led conferences or other discussions.

Feel free to download the presentation on the right and adapt it for your classroom setting. You may want to change the Learning Targets and Success Criteria or adapt the language to something more "student-friendly" appropriate to your grade.